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An evaluation of the nomina for death adders (Acanthophis Daudin, 1803) proposed by Wells & Wellington (1985), and confirmation of A. cryptamydros Maddock et al., 2015 as the valid name for the Kimberley death adder

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  • 1. Collections & Research, Western Australian Museum, Welshpool WA 6016, Australia & Biologic Environmental Survey, 24-26 Wickham St, East Perth, Western Australia 6004, Australia.
  • 2. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany; and Department of Biology, Victor Valley College, 18422 Bear Valley Road, Victorville, California 92395, USA
  • 3. Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, WV1 1LY, United Kingdom & Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom & Island Biodiversity and Conservation Centre, University of Seychelles, Mahé, Seychelles
  • 4. Collections & Research, Western Australian Museum, Welshpool WA 6016, Australia
  • 5. Molecular Biology and Evolution at Bangor, School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, LL57 2UW, United Kingdom Corresponding author. w.wuster@bangor.ac.uk; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4890-4311

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Ellis, Ryan J., Kaiser, Hinrich, Maddock, Simon T., Doughty, Paul, Wüster, Wolfgang (2021): An evaluation of the nomina for death adders (Acanthophis Daudin, 1803) proposed by Wells & Wellington (1985), and confirmation of A. cryptamydros Maddock et al., 2015 as the valid name for the Kimberley death adder. Zootaxa 4995 (1): 161-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4995.1.9

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